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The surface area of an adult human is about 1.8 m2. Suppose a person with a skin temperature of 34°C is standing with bare skin in a room where the air is 25°C but the walls are 17°C.
a. There is a “dead-air” layer next to your skin that acts as insulation. If the dead-air layer is 5.0 mm thick, what is the person's rate of heat loss by
b. What is the person’s net
c. Does conduction or radiation contribute more to the total rate of energy loss?
d. If the person is

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